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Despite being a prolific draughtsman, fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo survive. But which were his greatest hits?
Centuries after Leonardo da Vinci died far from his Tuscany homeland, pieces of his life — his sketches, his scribbles, his ...
For more than five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for ...
In a new two-part documentary film for PBS on da Vinci's life ... "We get distracted by the wizard, the old man with the ...
Scientists have confirmed Leonardo da Vinci’s bloodline by tracing matching DNA in living male-line descendants.
This confirms the genetic continuity of the male line of the da Vinci family, at least since the 15th generation.
Ginevra de' Benci was a poet famed for her beauty and intellect. But art historians know little about her beyond the writings ...
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo are two of the world ... writing that if “that man… had known as much about the other subjects on which he has written, why my serving maid could have ...
Fortunately, anyone can appreciate art, especially with guidance from the 15th-century Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was an artist driven by “wanting to know.” He considered ...